Twitter Employee Writes Bot to Tweet Expiring Netflix Instant Movies

"Every day, movies expire from Netflix Watch Instantly," Twitter's Robin Sloan tweeted. So, the one-time Current TV online strategist decided to do something about it. Using the Netflix API, he wrote a program to find the movies that are about to expire. Then, he tweets them out from @queuenoodle, an account that has already hit nearly 4,000 followers in a day.

Naturally, we assume Sloan also used the Twitter API to fully automate the process. It's a truly simple idea that is incredibly useful. While we're unsure whether Netflix likes to promote how often its instant options change, @queuenoodle's functionality would be perfectly suited for the Instant Netflix Twitter account and its more than 100,000 followers.

About the author:Adam DuVander
The former ProgrammableWeb Executive Editor, Adam is an API expert now helping regular people connect them at Zapier. Previously he worked at API companies SendGrid and Orchestrate, and wrote for Wired and Webmonkey. Adam is also the author of mapping API cookbook Map Scripting 101. Find him at AdamD.org.